http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv6Ipdve-3k
2013 NAMM Show: Mackie has announced the sale and transition of Tracktion Music Production Software to the Tracktion Software Corporation (TSC) – a startup company led by Julian ‘Jules’ Storer, the creator of Tracktion.
A lack of recent updates had led some Tracktion users to assume it had been discontinued. Now, Storer has teamed up with former ‘Mackoids’ James ‘Woody’ Woodburn and Dave Christenson to form TSC, and they have released an update to the DAW, Tracktion 4.
“We are proud to announce not only the acquisition of Tracktion Music Production Software, but that Tracktion 4 is available immediately,” remarked James Woodburn of Tracktion Software Corporation. “New and existing users can download the powerful new software today and start working on their next project.”
Tracktion 4 (T4) features the same operational characteristics as the original program, but with an entirely new audio engine. This progression is intended not only to make T4 compatible with the latest operating systems, plug-in and controller technology, but to create a modern platform for further development. TSC is dedicated to the continued evolution of the product.
T4 provides support for OS X Mountain Lion, to take advantage of Apple’s latest hardware and operating systems. It also provides support for Microsoft’s Windows 7 & 8. Apple’s Audio Unit (AU) format and the latest generation audio codec from Microsoft, Windows Media Audio (WMA), is also supported.
Windows Audio Session API (WASAPI) is included for optimized audio data management between applications. There is also support for 64bit Mac and PC operating systems.
As of January 24th, customers purchasing a new Mackie product that includes Tracktion can download Tracktion 4 immediately. There will also be an upgrade path for existing Tracktion users via www.tracktion.com.
Ha, I was one of the people assuming I had to learn some new software because Tracktion wasn’t going to keep up with the newer Macs.
Omg omg omg!!!!! I can’t believe I’m reading this! I loved tracktion but was so disappointed when mackie did nothing with it. Thank you thank you for bringing it back!
THE BEST NEWS EVER! The last time anyone saw Jules, he was carrying a teddy bear at Paddington Station (an old Tracktion fan base joke). Can’t wait to get to the music computer to see what’s up with T4.
Wow, that’s good to hear. I just love Tracktion for the way you can get things done fast. I tried to get to love Reaper too, but just found many things cumbersome when compared to how quick they can be done in Tracktion. I do hope, though, that the MIDI editor gets some TLC and that more wave editing capabilities are added in the future.
Ah! So that’s what he was up to.
MIDI gets some TLC and that more wave editing capabilities added in the future